High Court strikes out suit by 36 death row inmates on legal aid for post-appeal cases

A policy not to provide legal aid for post-appeal cases did not infringe death row inmates' constitutional rights, the judge found.New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: A High Court judge on Monday struck out an application that 36 death row inmates filed over a legal aid scheme's policy not to provide assistance for post-appeal applications.

According to the guidelines governing the scheme, LASCO counsel will be assigned when the accused person faces trial for a capital charge, and may be assigned to an appeal where capital punishment is an issue. "Unlike an appeal which is available to accused persons as of right, a post-appeal review is a process that occurs after the merits have been reviewed not only at trial but on appeal," he said.

Instead, he concluded that LASCO was"perfectly entitled to adopt or change its policy regarding its provision of legal aid". He pointed out that the inmates were convicted and sentenced with capital punishment after having their cases heard at the trial and appeal stages. "Such a person still retains his right to obtain the representation of legal counsel on his own accord."

"The applicants cannot be considered to be in the same class as persons who requested for LASCO post-appeal representation prior to 2017, who would have been subject to a different policy," he said.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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